1 Kings 20:11

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not him that girdeth on [his armor] boast himself as he that putteth it off.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיַּ֤עַן מֶֽלֶךְ־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ וַיֹּ֣אמֶר דַּבְּר֔וּ אַל־יִתְהַלֵּ֥ל חֹגֵ֖ר כִּמְפַתֵּֽחַ

Transliteration

And yaʿan melek-Yiśrāʾēl and yōʾmer, "Dabberû, not-yithallēl ḥōgēr like-məpattēaḥ"

Grammar Details

• *yaʿan*: verb, qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd person masculine singular - 'answered'
• *melek*: noun, masculine, construct state - 'king of'
• *Yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - 'Israel'
• *yōʾmer*: verb, qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd person masculine singular - 'said'
• *Dabberû*: verb, piel imperative, 2nd person masculine plural - 'speak'
• *yithallēl*: verb, hitpael imperfect jussive, 3rd person masculine singular - 'let him boast'
• *ḥōgēr*: verb, qal participle, masculine singular - 'girding'
• *məpattēaḥ*: verb, piel participle, masculine singular - 'loosening'

Word Meanings

• *yithallēl*: boast/praise oneself/glory
• *ḥōgēr*: one who girds/puts on armor/prepares for battle
• *məpattēaḥ*: one who loosens/takes off armor/returns from battle

Referenced Verses

• Prov 27:1 : 1 Boast not thyself of to-morrow; For thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
• Eccl 9:11 : 11 I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
• Isa 10:15-16 : 15 Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? shall the saw magnify itself against him that wieldeth it? as if a rod should wield them that lift it up, [or] as if a staff should lift up [him that is] not wood. 16 Therefore will the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, send among his fat ones leanness; and under his glory there shall be kindled a burning like the burning of fire.
• Matt 26:33-35 : 33 But Peter answered and said unto him, If all shall be offended in thee, I will never be offended. 34 Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, that this night, before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. 35 Peter saith unto him, Even if I must die with thee, yet will I not deny thee. Likewise also said all the disciples.
• Matt 26:75 : 75 And Peter remembered the word which Jesus had said, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. And he went out, and wept bitterly.
• 1 Sam 14:6 : 6 And Jonathan said to the young man that bare his armor, Come, and let us go over unto the garrison of these uncircumcised: it may be that Jehovah will work for us; for there is no restraint to Jehovah to save by many or by few.
• 1 Sam 14:12-13 : 12 And the men of the garrison answered Jonathan and his armorbearer, and said, Come up to us, and we will show you a thing. And Jonathan said unto his armorbearer, Come up after me; for Jehovah hath delivered them into the hand of Israel. 13 And Jonathan climbed up upon his hands and upon his feet, and his armorbearer after him: and they fell before Jonathan; and his armorbearer slew them after him.
• 1 Sam 17:44-47 : 44 And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give thy flesh unto the birds of the heavens, and to the beasts of the field. 45 Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a javelin: but I come to thee in the name of Jehovah of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied. 46 This day will Jehovah deliver thee into my hand; and I will smite thee, and take thy head from off thee; and I will give the dead bodies of the host of the Philistines this day unto the birds of the heavens, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel, 47 and that all this assembly may know that Jehovah saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle is Jehovah's, and he will give you into our hand.